Bag-frame fastener.



J. BITTER.

BAG FRAME FASTENERR 7 APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1914.

12,102,437, Patented July 219m THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

JACOB BITTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG-FRAME FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1914.

Application filed. January 9, 1914. Serial No. 811,161.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAooB Rrrrna, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Bag Frame Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bags, and more particularly in looks for the frame of the same, and has for its object to provide an improved lock which will be more fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improvement showing the lock applied to the frame of a bag, Fig. 2 is a plan-view, and Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 38 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout thefigures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the bag-frame consists of the frame 10 and the opposite frame 11. To the frame 10 is secured by any suitable means a primary lock 12, which extends across from the frame 10 to the frame 11. To the frame 11 is secured another primary lock 15 which extends from the frame 11 to the frame 10. Each of these primary locks 12 and 15 is provided with a projection 18 which engages a corresponding recess 19 in the corresponding frame. By the spring action of the transversely extending members the projections 18 engage the recesses 19 and hold the locks in position and prevent the frame from opening.

Secured to one of the frames, the frame 11 for instance, is a secondary lock which has a base-plate 22 secured to the frame 11 by a rivet 21. A suitable screw may be used instead of the rivet. This base-plate is provided with a hinge-pin 23 which supports the rearwardly-extending lugs 24 of a locking-member which extends along both of the frames 10 and 11, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. To the side-plates 25 of said lockmg-member is secured a top-plate 26, which is provided with an opening 27 and a second opening 28, through which openings 27 and 28 the primary locks 12 and 15 pass. The plate 26 with its downwardly-extending flanges or side-plates 25 being hinged at 23, permits it to be raised or lowered so as to be moved away from the primary locks. Thereupon the primary locks may be released and the bag-frame opened.

I have shown one embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the same as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a bag-frame, the combination of a primary lock comprising two oppositelydirected spring fasteners engaging the frames of the bag, and a secondary lock comprising a plate hinged to the top of the frame and having its side-flanges extending downwardly on both sides of the frame, and having openings in said top-plate for the primary locks to pass therethrough.

2. In a bag-frame fastener, the combination of a frame having opposite jaws adapted to be brought into contact with each other, recesses on each jaw and corresponding projections oppositely disposed thereto on the other jaws, said projections being resiliently mounted on knobs on their jaws and projecting beyond their jaws in the direction of the recesses, whereby pressure on both jaws causes said projections to rise on the opposite jaws, when they come into contact therewith, until they snap into said corresponding recesses, and a secondary lock, comprising a plate hinged to the top of the frame and having openings in said top-plate for said knobs to pass through, and having side-plates to frictionally engage said jaws.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB BITTER.

Witnesses:

F. Hoes, J. H. Nuns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the. Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

